News Release | June 5, 2024 WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents conclusions about Long COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function — including […]
Hyperglycemia in Severe and Critical COVID-19 Patients: Risk Factors and Outcomes
Viet Tran Le • Quoc Hung Ha • Minh Triet Tran • Ngoc Trong Le • Van Tuyen Le • Minh Khoi Le, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.27611 Abstract Background: Hyperglycemia is commonly seen in critically ill patients. This disorder was also seen in […]
Early Identification of Severe COVID-19 Cases and the Need for ICU Care Based on Clinical and Laboratory Risk Factors
Jawad Mahmood • Muhammad Izhar Ul Haque • Maria Gul • Aliya Ayub • Fawwad A. Ansari • Wiqas Ahmad DOI: 10.7759/cureus.80611 Abstract Background and objective Treatment in ICUs became extremely difficult due to the growing number of coronavirus disease 2019 […]
D-dimer as a Predictor of ICU Admission and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients: Insights From a Two-Year Retrospective Study
Abstract Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-induced pneumonitis results in a prothrombotic and hypercoagulable state. Prognostic indicators are crucial for identifying patients at risk of complications. D-dimer, a […]
The Relationship Between Predisposing Risk Factors and COVID-19: An Observational Study
Ramnivas Vishnoi • Manish Gaba • Naveen Kumar • Ankita Pandey • Arun Dewan, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.75042 Peer-Reviewed Cite this article as: Vishnoi R, Gaba M, Kumar N, et al. (December 03, 2024) The Relationship Between Predisposing Risk Factors and COVID-19: […]
COVID-19 symptom load as a risk factor for chronic pain: A national cross-sectional study
Jamie L. Romeiser , Sunitha M. Singh, et. al. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0287554 Abstract Introduction Emerging evidence suggests that a COVID-19 infection with a high initial severity may be associated with development of […]
Real-World Treatment Outcomes in the First and Subsequent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Hospital Clusters
Yoshinobu Ohsaki • Takaaki Sasaki • Yasuhiro Umekage • Hiraku Yanada • et. a.l., DOI: 10.7759/cureus.78981 Abstract Objectives: We experienced 10 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospital clusters between November 2020 and September 2023 and retrospectively examined whether the introduction […]
The first major set of genetic associations found in long COVID
PrecisionLife’s Dr Sayoni Das, a computational biologist who leads the research and development of bioinformatics pipelines that generate biological insights from PrecisionLife’s core technology and support drug discovery programs, details […]
Reproducibility of Genetic Risk Factors Identified for Long COVID using Combinatorial Analysis Across US and UK Patient Cohorts with Diverse Ancestries
J Sardell, M Pearson, K Chocian, S Das, K Taylor, M Strivens, R Gupta, A Rochlin, S Gardner, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.04.25320937 Abstract Background Long COVID is a major public health burden causing a diverse array of debilitating symptoms in tens of millions of patients globally. In spite of this overwhelming […]
Genetic risk factors for severe and fatigue dominant long COVID and commonalities with ME/CFS identified by combinatorial analysis
Krystyna Taylor, Matthew Pearson, , et. al. , Journal of Translational Medicine volume 21, Article number: 775 Abstract Background Long COVID is a debilitating chronic condition that has affected over 100 million people globally. It is […]